43rd ANNUAL AWARDS AND BENEFIT LUNCHEON
Monday, January 19th, 2026
12:00 Noon
(following the National Bell Ringing Ceremony - 11:30 a.m.)
Sheraton Downtown Philadelphia Hotel
17th and Race Streets
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
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REV. DR. LORINA MARSHALL BLAKE
President
Independence Blue Cross Foundation
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KELVIN A. JEREMIAH
President and CEO
Philadelphia Housing Authority
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ASALH
The Association for the Study of African American Life and History
-The Founders of Black History Month -
HONORING THE LIFE AND LEGACY OF C. DELORES TUCKER
In Honor of C. DeLores Tucker
THE GOOD BROTHER AWARD
Rev. Marshall Paul Hughes Mitchell
This award is being given in honor of C. DeLores Tucker to the Rev. Marshall Mitchell, Pastor, Salem Baptist Church in Abington, PA. Given The award will be given by the National Congress of Black Women (Philadelphia Flagship Chapter) and the Philadelphia Martin Luther King, Jr. Association for Nonviolence, Inc., two organizations founded and lead by Tucker.
Founder, Philadelphia Martin Luther King, Jr. Association for Nonviolence, Inc.
C. DeLores Tucker was a civil rights trailblazer who fought for women of color and toward the end of her life against profane and misogynist lyrics in hip-hop/ rap music.
She was born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania on October 4, 1927 She died on October 12, 2005 at the age of 78.
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